Murder Your Darlings: Lessons in Advocacy from the Berkeley City Council
When preparing to attend a city council meeting, it's important not to lose sight of your goal. Berkeley was violently anti-ecig, but could we have gained minor...
Tag: e-cigarettes
SB 648: In the Corridors of Confusion
SB 648 looks like a bill no one could object to: it prohibits the sale of e-cigarettes from vending machines except inside of bars. But it died in committee on ...
Recruiting for the NorCal SFATA Chapter
I went to get my hair cut and colored by the amazing Kathleena Gorga today. My husband doesn’t usually come with me to Berkeley unless he has a serious jo...
June 25, 2014: California SB 648 Turns on a Definition
Anti-tobacco groups wrong-footed themselves in the June 25th hearing on California SB 648: they pushed too hard to have e-cigarettes defined as cigarettes, and ...
An Open Letter to the Oakley City Council Regarding Its Proposed Resolution (Agenda Date 6/10/14, Item 4.4)
The Oakley City Council will not be safeguarding the public health if it approves this ordinance, and this resolution, as they stand. The inclusion of e-cigaret...